The sad reality is that no Republican helped his or her career by repudiating Nixon in 1974, & no Democrat helped his or her career by repudiating Bill Clinton in 1999 or Andrew Johnson in 1868. The people who won the WH after that had mostly kept their heads down.https://twitter.com/HotlineJosh/status/1195388776954171394 …
He kept a safer distance than people who were aggressive lats-ditch defenders (though he also pardoned Nixon, the very definition of moving on). But he had not been a loud Nixon-must-go critic in 1973-74.
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do you think if he didn't pardon Nixon, he could have defeated Carter in 1976?
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Unknowable, but possible; it was a very close race. And even if you look at the other side, neither W nor Carter was part of the impeachment rampage in DC. Grant in 1868 tied himself in knots to avoid the whole mess.
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